List of the best Joel Fluellen movies: Monster From Green Hell(1957), The Learning Tree(1969), Thomasine & Bushrod(1974), Sitting Bull(1954), Perils of the Jungle(1953), A Dream for Christmas(1973), A Raisin in the Sun(1961), The Jackie Robinson Story(1950), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman(1974), Casey's Shadow(1978), Porgy and Bess(1959), The Decks Ran Red(1958) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
71 Minutes
Arobi
Jim Davis Robert Griffin Joel Fluellen Barbara Turner Edward Ciannelli Vladimir Sokoloff Tim Huntley LaVerne Jones Frederic Potler
scientist mutant tense thrilling rousing melodramatic frightening engaging chilling africa united states science gone awry experiments space radiation expedition science fiction metamorphosis pursuit 1950s
A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters.
Drama
USA
1969
107 Minutes
Uncle Rob
Kyle Johnson Alex Clarke Estelle Evans Dana Elcar Mira Waters Joel Fluellen Malcolm Atterbury Richard Ward Russ Thorson Peggy Rea Kevin Hagen
teen boy best friend father murderer police officer dark profound kansas small town street family home racism small-town life murder friendship teen pregnancy growing up transformation 1920s
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
93 Minutes
Nathaniel
Max Julien Vonetta McGee George Murdock Glynn Turman Juanita Moore Joel Fluellen Jackson D. Kane Bud Conlan
A rare blaxploitation classic starring Vonetta McGee and Max Julien, Thomasine and Bushrod was intended as a counterpart to Bonnie and Clyde. This pair of thieves, who operate in the ... See full summary »
Western
Mexico|USA
1954
105 Minutes
Sam
Dale Robertson Mary Murphy J. Carrol Naish John Hamilton John Litel Joel Fluellen Iron Eyes Cody Douglas Kennedy
sitting bull george armstrong custer major crazy horse ulysses s. grant native american profound rousing battlefield indian territory plains battle of the little bighorn native americans american indian wars old west imperialism expansionism underdog sacrifice quest
A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.
Adventure
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Kenny
Clyde Beatty Phyllis Coates Stanley Farrar John Doucette Leonard Mudie Joel Fluellen Roy E. Glenn Sr. Olaf Hytten
Hunter tracks down lions on the Congo jungle.
Other, Drama
1973
100 Minutes
Arthur Rogers
Hari Rhodes Beah Richards Lynn Hamilton George Spell Juanita Moore Joel Fluellen Marlon Adams Robert DoQui Ta Ronce Allen Clarence Muse
minister father mother sibling housekeeper african-american uplifting emotional positive arkansas los angeles church family home family starting over relationships hard times religion christmas underdog
An Arkansas minister (Hari Rhodes) moves his family to Los Angeles, to a church about to be demolished.
Drama
USA
1961
128 Minutes
Bobo
Sidney Poitier Claudia McNeil Ruby Dee Diana Sands Ivan Dixon John Fiedler Louis Gossett Jr. Stephen Perry Joel Fluellen Roy E. Glenn Sr. Ray Stubbs
son mother wife widow sister suitor emotional moving chicago apartment american dream aspirations family racism social change money love discovery underdog 1950s
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
Biography
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Mack Robinson
Ruby Dee Minor Watson Louise Beavers Richard Lane Harry Shannon Ben Lessy Billy Wayne Joel Fluellen Bernie Hamilton Kenny Washington Pat Flaherty
baseball player jackie robinson mother wife coach bigot emotional heartwarming rousing powerful america montreal stadium new york city brooklyn, n.y. baseball american dream race relations family rise
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
Drama
1974
110 Minutes
Unc Isom
Cicely Tyson Odetta Richard Dysart Josephine Premice Teddy Airhart Eric Brown Woodrow Chambliss Barbara Chaney Noel Cravenze Joel Fluellen Jerry Green
slave plantation owner corporal boy journalist friend disturbing moving inspiring louisiana cabin plantation field slavery civil rights american civil war violence humanity struggle wretched excess
A 110-year-old former Louisiana slave (Cicely Tyson) reminisces about her life and society from the Civil War to germinating civil rights.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
1978
117 Minutes
Jimmy Judson
Walter Matthau Alexis Smith Robert Webber Murray Hamilton Andrew A. Rubin Stephan Burns Susan Myers Michael Hershewe Harry Caesar Joel Fluellen Whit Bissell
A Cajun trainer (Walter Matthau) and his three sons enter the annual quarter-horse race in Ruidoso, N.M.
Musical, Drama, Romance
USA
1959
138 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Rouben Mamoulian Dorothy Dandridge Sammy Davis Jr. Pearl Bailey Brock Peters Leslie Scott Diahann Carroll Ruth Attaway Clarence Muse Everdinne Wilson
poor person drug addict african-american disabled person drug dealer beautiful woman emotional melodramatic sultry charleston, s.c. shantytown catfish row love triangle poverty drug addiction romantic dilemma hard times difficult decision underdog love
A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
84 Minutes
James Mason Dorothy Dandridge Broderick Crawford Stuart Whitman Katharine Bard Jack Kruschen John Gallaudet Barney Phillips David Cross Hank Patterson Harry Bartell
The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
Romance
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Jane Wyman Charlton Heston Claire Trevor Thelma Ritter William Demarest Wallace Ford Tom Helmore Gloria Talbott James Westerfield Mary Field Joel Fluellen
fashion designer rancher soldier banker passionate emotional charming texas united states shop fashion romance love adventure 20th century
The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.
Comedy, Western
USA
1971
102 Minutes
James Garner Louis Gossett Jr. Susan Clark Brenda Sykes Ed Asner Andrew Duggan Henry Jones Neva Patterson Parley Baer Royal Dano George Tyne
In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.
Musical
USA
1964
101 Minutes
Elvis Presley Barbara Stanwyck Joan Freeman Leif Erickson Sue Ane Langdon Pat Buttram Joan Staley Dabbs Greer Steve Brodie Norman Grabowski Jack Albertson
singer teen girl father college student carnival worker boss airy lighthearted coffee shop carnival country road backstage carnivals rock 'n' roll forbidden love father/daughter relationship business love rivalry growing up
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Comedy
1951
93 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jane Greer Millard Mitchell Eddie Albert John McIntire Ray Collins Harry von Zell Jack Webb Richard Erdman Harvey Lembeck Henry Slate
lieutenant commander naval officer wife rear admiral boxer amusing lighthearted engaging patriotic submarine naval base virginia navy seafaring misfits world war ii technology group dynamics underdog
A new Navy officer (Gary Cooper) leads recruits on an untested steam-powered patrol boat dubbed the USS Teakettle.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.